FEBRUARY 14

Pietro Francesco CAVALLI

1602 Birth of Italian opera composer Pietro Francesco CAVALLI in Crema. d- Venice, 14 JAN 1676.

1656 Jean-Baptiste Lully finishes his ballet Alcidiane.

1758 Birth of Francois Lays Baritone Born 14 Feb 1758 Barthe-de-Nestes Died 30 Mar 1831 Created Anacreon in Anacreon chez Polycrate (Gretry) Cinna in Vestale (Spontini) Telasco in Fernando Cortez (Spontini) Husca in Caravane du Caire (Gretry) Panurges in Panurges dans l'Ile des Lanternes (Gretry) Sang in premiere of Aladin (Isouard) Aristippe (Kreutzer) Ossian ou les Bardes (Le Sueur) La Mort d'Adam (Le Sueur)

1778 Birth of Catalan guitarist and composer Fernando SOR (Sors) in Barcelona. d-Paris, 10 JUL 1839.

1783 Death of Marie-Josephine Laguerre Soprano Born 1755 Paris Died 14 Feb 1783 Debut as Adele in Adele de Ponthieu (La Borde) 1778 Created Iphigenie in Iphigenie en Tauride (Piccini) Helle in Helle (Floquet) Sangaride in Atys (Piccinni) Countess in Double Epreuve (Gretry)

1790 Death of English composer and organist Capel Bond in Binley. b-Coventry, 2 DEC 1730.

1813 Birth of Russian composer Alexander DARGOMYZHSKY in Tula province. d-St. Petersburg, 17 JAN 1869.

1816 Birth of Anna Vorobyeva-Petrova Mezzo-Soprano Born 14 Feb 1816 St Petersburg Died 26 Apr 1901 Debut as Pippo in Gazza Ladra (Rossini) 1833 Teacher :- Sapienza, Mikhail Glinka, Caterino Cavos Created Cherevik in Sorochinsky Fair (Mussorgsky) Vanya in Life for the Tsar (Glinka)

1829 FP of Vencenzo Bellini's opera La Straniera, in Milan. CD-Bellini: La Straniera / Scotto, Signor, Trimarchi

1832 Birth of French composer Paul Agricole GENIN in Avignon. d-Paris, 22 DEC 1903.

1838 Birth of American band composer David Wallis REEVES. d-1900.

1857 Death of Dutch composer Johannes Bernardus van Bree in Amsterdam. b-Amsterdam, 29 JAN 1801.

1865 FP in USAmerica of J.S. Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, with pianist Benjamin J. Lang and members of the Mendelssohn Quintet Club at Chickering Hall in Boston, MA.

1867 (13th?) FP of Johann Strauss Jr's On The Beautiful Blue Danube, conducting in Vienna.

1880 Birth of Maria Labia Soprano Born 14 Feb 1880 Verona 11 Feb 1953 Debut as Geisha in Iris (Mascagni) 1900 Teacher, Cecilia Labia (mother)

1880 FP of G. Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 15, at a concert of the Société Nationale de la Musqique Français in Paris.

1882 Birth of Polish pianist and composer Ignaz FRIEDMAN in Podgorze. d- Sydney, Australia, 26 JAN 1948.

1891 Birth of Parry Jones Tenor Born 14 Feb 1891 Blainu Wales Died 26 Dec 1963 Debut 1914 Teachers, John Coates, Ernesto Colli, Karl Scheidemantel, Albert Visetti Pupils, Patricia Kern, Ramon Remedios, Evelyn Dalberg.

1902 Birth of Jean Vieuille Bass-Baritone Born 14 Feb 1902 Paris Died 6 Apl 1967 Debut as Count in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1926 Teachers, Albert Carre, Leon David, Felix Vieuille (uncle) Sang in premiere of Le Sicilien (Letorey) Gargantua (Mariotte) Ginerva (Delannoy) Guignol (Bloch) Marien (Wissmer) Dolores (Levy)

1911 FP in USAmerica by conductor Gustav Mahler. Conducting the New York Philharmonic in a program featuring British composers Elgar and Standford and American composers Chadwick, Hadley, Loeffler and MacDowell.

BUT Wikipedia has an entry: According to Wikipedia: "Mahler made his New York debut at the Metropolitan Opera on 1 January 1908, when he conducted Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in the cut version still standard in New York. For its 1908–09 season the Metropolitan management brought in the Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini to share duties with Mahler, who made only 19 appearances in the entire season. One of these was a much-praised performance of Smetana's The Bartered Bride on 19 February 1909. In the early part of the season Mahler conducted three concerts with the New York Symphony Orchestra. This renewed experience of orchestral conducting inspired him to resign his position with the opera house and accept the conductorship of the re-formed New York Philharmonic.

1912 Birth of Milada Musilova Soprano Born 14 Feb 1912 Blanska u Boskovic Debut as Majenka in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1936 Teacher, Masa Fleischerova

1912 Birth of Horst Taubmann Tenor Born 14 Feb 1912 Pirna Died 28 Nov 1991 Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 1935 Created Flamand in Capriccio (Strauss)

1920 FP of Erik Satie's Socrate in Paris. CD-Satie: Socrate; Cage: Cheap Imitation

1922 FP of Zandonai's opera Giulietta e Romeo 'Romeo and Juliet', in Rome.

1929 Birth of English conductor Wyn MORRIS.

1929 Birth of Karl-Josef Hering Tenor Born 14 Feb 1929 Westonnen Died Jun 1998 Debut as Max in Freischutz (Weber) 1958 Teachers:- Franz Volker, Max Lorenz, Fred Husler

1930 Birth of Kazimierz Pustalak Tenor Born 14 Feb 1930 Nowa-Weis Poland Debut as Lenski in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1957 Teachers:- Gennaro Barro, Czeslav Zaremba

1932 FP of Berthold Goldschmidt's opera Der gewaltige Hahnrei, at the National Theater in Mannheim.

1934 Birth of Swiss choral conductor Michel CORBOZ.

1937 Birth of Jean Bonhomme Tenor Born 14 Feb 1937 Ottawa Died Oct 1986 Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1965 Teachers:- Maria Carpi, Herman Geiger-Torel, Raoul Jobin, George Lambert Luigi Ricci

1938 Birth of American composer Charles FUSSELL.

1940 FP of John Cage's Second Construction for percussion, in Portland, OR.

1947 Death of Celestina Boninsegna Soprano Born 26 Feb 1877 Reggioi Emilia Died 14 Feb 1947 Debut as Norina in Don Pasquale (Donizetti) 1892 Teachers:- Mattioli, Virginia Boccabadati Pupil :- Margherita Grandi Created Rosaura in Le Maschere (Mascagni) Jone in Jone (Petrella)

1952 Birth of American composer Edward POND.

1953 Birth of American electronic music composer Wayne SIEGEL.

1953 FP of Carl Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

1955 Death of Lucette Korsoff Soprano Born 1 Feb 1876 Genoa Died 14 Feb 1955 Debut as Serpina in Serva Padrone (Pergolesi) 1892 Teachers:- Teresa Arkel, Frederick Boyer, Rosine Laborde Pupils :- Gina Cigna, Tadeusz Wierzbicki, Constantin Joukowitsch, Joseph Rogatschevsky Created Orlinde in Amadis (Massenet)

1956 Birth of American composer Steven MACKEY.

1959 Birth of American soprano Renee FLEMING in Rochester New York. Debut as Constanze in Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart) 1986 Teachers:- Arleen Auger, Beverley Jones Created Mme De Tourvel in Dangerous Liaisons (Susa) Blanche Dubois in Streetcar named Desire (Previn) Rosina in Ghost of Versailles (Corigliano)

1961 Birth of American composer Craig BAKALIAN.

1965 Death of French conductor and composer Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht in Paris. b-Paris, 17 SEP 1880.

1972 Death of Dutch composer Bertus van Lier in Roden. b-Utrecht, 10 SEP 1906.

2002 Death of German conductor Gunter Wand. Bruckner specialist. b-Elberfeld, 7 JAN 1912.

2003 FP of Robert Maggio's ballet Le Travail at Pennsylvania Ballet with choreography by Matthew Neenan in Philadelphia. The ballet was designed to coincide with Dégas and the Dance exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Presser.